do you just get on and ride? do intervals utilising varying cadence or differing gears? maybe use it as a warm down or warm up tool after or before riding.... maybe you just get on and ride like a madman until you can do no more?

interested to hear......

Just an ol' man, riding an ol' bike.... every hill feels likeAlpe d'Heuz....

Look for the Sufferfest website. Their vids are relatively cheap and easy to perform on rollers. I have the Downward Spiral and have watched it several times while riding my rollers. I have to be careful to not gett carried away and jump out of my saddle .

Longest session I have had is 3hrs watching disk one of the 2011 TdF. I would swap between spinning at a high cadence, standing then in the drops and hitting a higher gear depending on what was going on in the dvd.

Longest session I have had is 3hrs watching disk one of the 2011 TdF. I would swap between spinning at a high cadence, standing then in the drops and hitting a higher gear depending on what was going on in the dvd.

Schmenz wrote:do you guys do this in your house? ? ? dont you hit stuff!

for me it would definitely be an outdoor thing!

An undercover outdoor area is the ideal spot I think, trouble is our main bedroom is right next door and that would count any roller sessions while SWMBO is resting her pretty eyelids. I use our garage close to some shelving for assistance when I get a little flagged. I am trying to get into a regular habit of at least one session a week to smooth out the pedal stroke.

Recently purchased a set of rollers from CRC and gave them a go last night..... Oh dear, if you lose concentration for a split second it's going to hurt !!.

I managed to be able to ride for 20 minutes without holding onto the walls but man that is hard work! But the pain I felt afterwards was soooooo good! I can see myself putting my shoulder through the wall if I'm not careful though.

pauls51 wrote:Recently purchased a set of rollers from CRC and gave them a go last night..... Oh dear, if you lose concentration for a split second it's going to hurt !!.

I managed to be able to ride for 20 minutes without holding onto the walls but man that is hard work! But the pain I felt afterwards was soooooo good! I can see myself putting my shoulder through the wall if I'm not careful though.

Always remember to look ahead... and don't watch any shows that are funny if the TV is on... yes pi$$ing yourself laughing on rollers isn't a lot of fun after the laughing stops very suddenly!!!

I think rollers are good for getting comfortable in different positions, i used to get a sore neck whilst riding with my hands on the drops but since training on rollers the problem has gone, i warm up for 10 minutes in high to medium gear (small chain ring) shift into a lower gear (big chain ring) and go steady for about 30 min changing hand positions along the way sitting on about 90 to 100 rpm if you place a clock in front of you,and count the revolution of one leg for 30 seconds x 2 there is your rpm.(still can't take bottle out of holder though)

Post here as I don't want to start yet another thread...Rollers?... I have a home trainer, gives me a great workout for sure but I don't find it comfortable for long periods ( over an hour... maximum I have done is 3 hours ), maybe a better model with larger flywheel would be better but it gives me knee trouble if I use it too much. Thinking about getting rollers as well for winter.Do I need the resistance ones or just a good quality normal pair will do? ( something like this ? http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=39524 ). Looking at them for doing threshold work through out winter... I will get outside as often as I can but sometimes the fog etc that is thick all day long can stop even the bravest of us!.Anyone doing or have done lots of training on rollers?.

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